07-20-2007, 09:32 AM
Cap't Jack the Pirate Cat does pretty good with centipedes. I have no idea how he manages not to get stung, but he kills them as he finds them. The chickens and guinea fowl eat them as they find them and they also dig under leaves and things to find centipedes sleeping during the day.
When working in the yard, be sure to check under all flowerpots, rocks and things when lifting them up since frequently there will be centipedes under them.
If your house is on post and pier, you can make metal collars to go around the posts to keep centipedes from climbing up. Or you cold check to see how folks keep squirrels out of bird feeders on the mainland and make similar sorts of devices around your house posts. There also used to be some sticky stuff which was slathered on tree trunks to keep bugs from crawling up the trunks, that would probably work around posts, too.
Centipedes in the garage are harder to keep out, though, since garages generally aren't up on posts. You could try sprinkling boric acid under workbenches and things. That kills insects without harming people and pets.
When working in the yard, be sure to check under all flowerpots, rocks and things when lifting them up since frequently there will be centipedes under them.
If your house is on post and pier, you can make metal collars to go around the posts to keep centipedes from climbing up. Or you cold check to see how folks keep squirrels out of bird feeders on the mainland and make similar sorts of devices around your house posts. There also used to be some sticky stuff which was slathered on tree trunks to keep bugs from crawling up the trunks, that would probably work around posts, too.
Centipedes in the garage are harder to keep out, though, since garages generally aren't up on posts. You could try sprinkling boric acid under workbenches and things. That kills insects without harming people and pets.
Kurt Wilson